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Artificial intelligence capacities for consciousness are not equivalent to human consciousness—the level of autonomous, independent, volitional behavioral control characterized by independently functioning biologic systems. There is strong evidence, however, that artificially created systems including Web-based search engines empirically demonstrate machine-based equivalents of aspects of consciousness. They have attained this capacity as based on high-level (in some cases suprabiologic) capabilities in defined aspects of consciousness (intelligence, attention, autonomy, and intention). Such systems also have the capacity to meet multiple definition criteria for having cognitive processing that is approximately equivalent to dreaming. Computer–human interface systems have expanded both human and machine capacity to address and extend scientific understanding at all epistemological levels of current inquiry. Complexity theories of consciousness can be used to theoretically support such an attainment of conscious function.

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804157-4.00014-1